Title:

Intraindividual seasonal decline of egg-volume in common tern Sterna hirundo

Subtitle:

Acta Ornithologica, vol. 34, no. 2 ; Spadek wielkości znoszonych jaj jako cecha osobnicza u rybitwy rzecznej ; Decline of egg volume in common tern

Creator:

González-Solís, Jacob ; Becker, Peter H. ; Jover, Lluis ; Ruiz, Xavier

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii ; Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union (2 ; 1999 ; Gdańsk)

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

1999

Description:

Referat wygłoszony na Second Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union ; Bibliogr. p. 189-190 ; P. [185]-190 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Streszcz. pol. ; Abstract in Polish

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Common Tern ; eggs ; measurement ; Germany, Northern ; North Sea coast ; congresses ; individual age ; laying date ; interindividual differences ; egg-volume ; terns ; birds ; Sterna hirundo ; Sternidae ; Aves

Abstract:

The seasonal decline in egg-volume on the basis of the individual changes in 35 known-age female Common Terns Sterna hirundo was studied with data available for 3-6 years. Interindividual differences were significant for both laying dates and egg-volume. Thus, to examine whether the decline was an effect of an assortment of females with the timing of breeding according to their individual egg-volume, the individual values of laying date were correlated with egg-volume. Correlation was not significant, suggesting that seasonal decline in egg-volume was not due to interindividual differences. Instead, egg-volume showed a gradual decrease with the progress of the season at intraindividual level i.e. the later an individual female laid in the season the smaller was the egg-volume. Moreover, the seasonal decline in egg-volume was not due to a simultaneous increase in egg-volume with an advancement of the timing of breeding with age, since the rate of seasonal decrease in egg-volume was similar for young and old birds. Individual average of laying date accounted for 22% of the individual average of fledgling production whereas egg-volume was not significantly correlated with fledging production. Thus, it is suggested that seasonal decline in egg-volume is a non-adaptive consequence of physiological effect of condition on both timing of breeding and egg-volume.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

34

Issue:

2

Start page:

185

End page:

190

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257, Vol. 34, No 2 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568, Vol. 34, No 2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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